heavy/ destroyer Fighter Aircraft-wing
seeing front line action in the Battle of Luneville
4) A 1935 Women’s Association Mother’s Day Badge
measuring 107 mm (w) x 97 mm (h)
German infantrymen would use sewers to deploy behind American formations to attack them from the rear
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cholm Shield, Stick Pin Miniature Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic heavy/ destroyer Fighter Aircraft-wing(Cholmschild, Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching an Iron Cross defaced by a mobile swastika, situated above an inscription of CHOLM 1942, unmarked, measuring 5. 66 mm (w) x 9. 27 mm (h), retaining its original LDO issued card stock backer, a scarce example in extremely fine condition.